Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)is a skin condition that causes painful lesions in blocked hair follicles. HS mostly occurs on body parts that come into contact with each other, including the inner ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

A peritonsillar abscess is a bacterial infection that usually begins as a complication of untreated strep throat or tonsillitis. A pus-filled pocket forms near one of your tonsils. It can cause pain ...

A 60-year-old Caucasian man visited an urgent-care center with acutely tender abscesses on the left jaw and left upper thigh. The physician lanced the pus-filled abscesses to obtain a specimen for ...